Adam Wheeler
Adam Wheeler (born March 24, 1981 in Lancaster , California ) is an American wrestler . He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . Light heavyweight style.
Career
Adam Wheeler grew up in Lancaster and attended high school there, where he also began wrestling with coach John Einsel. He joined the US Navy Coast Guard at the age of 18. He was part of the wrestling team there and between 2001 and 2004 participated several times in the Navy championships in Greco-Roman. Style, taking places between two and four. Adam Wheeler, who is 1.91 m tall, now resides in Colorado Springs , which is the home of the US wrestling center. He is a member of the Gator Wrestling Club. In the course of his career he has had a variety of coaches: Steve Radford, John Eisel, Neal Rodak and Rob Herman and in the national team Ivan Ivanov, Anatoly Petrosjan and Momir Petkovic .
In 2004 he began studying psychology and criminology at Northern Michigan University. In 2004 he qualified for the US team that took part in the World University Championships in Lodz . In Lodz he could not compete in his traditional weight class, the light heavyweight (up to 96 kg body weight), but had to compete in the heavyweight category (up to 120 kg body weight). Disadvantaged by a serious weight disadvantage, he took 10th place there.
In 2004 he took part in the US championship in the light heavyweight division and finished in 5th place and came in 4th place in the USA Olympic Trials (Trials) for the Games in Athens. Also in the next few years he participated regularly in the USA championships and was US runner-up from 2005 to 2007 and came in 2008 in 3rd place in the light heavyweight division. In the eliminations for participation in the World Championships, he took second place in 2005 and 2007 and fourth place in 2006.
2006 Adam Wheeler represented the United States at the Pan American Championship in Rio de Janeiro and came in the light heavyweight (Greco-Roman style) behind the Cuban Alain Rivas on the 2nd place.
In 2008 he managed to defeat his old rivals RC Johnson and Justin Ruiz at the US Olympic Trials for the Beijing Light Heavyweight Games and qualify for the Beijing Games.
In Beijing he defeated Lajos Virág from Hungary and Jiang Huachen from the People's Republic of China on points and met the German Mirko Englich in the semifinals , against whom he lost in two rounds. In the battle for the bronze medal , he then defeated Han Tae-Young from Korea safely on points.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight)
- 2004, 10th place , University World Championships in Lodz , GR, S; Winner: Alireza Garibi, Iran ahead of Andrei Tschekowski, Belarus ;
- 2005, 2nd place , "Nikola Petrow" tournament in Sofia , GR, Hs, behind Wladimir Metodiew , Bulgaria a . before Konstantin Batajew, Russia and Georgios Koutsioubas , Greece ;
- 2005, 1st place , New-York-Athletic-Club-Tournament, GR, Hs, in front of Philipp Johnston u. Stas Shamota, bde. UNITED STATES;
- 2006, 4th place , "Dave-Schultz" memorial in Colorado Springs , GR, Hs, behind Jimmy Lidberg , Sweden , Kalojan Dinchew , Bulgaria a. Mohamed Abdel Fattah , Egypt ;
- 2006, 2nd place , Pan American Championship in Rio de Janeiro , GR, Hs, behind Alain Rivas , Cuba a . before Erwin Caballero, Venezuela a . Manuel Nunez, Dom. Rep .;
- 2007, 5th place , "Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw , GR, Hs, behind Georgi Koutsioubas u. Theodoros Tousounidis, bde. Greece, Balasz Kiss , Hungary a . Rami Hietaniemi, Finland ;
- 2007, 3rd place, New York City Athletic Club Tournament, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz u. RC Johnson, bde. USA & before Philipp Johnston, USA;
- 2008, 2nd place , "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz , USA a . in front of Andrzej Deberny , Poland a . Daigoro Timoncini , Italy ;
- 2008, bronze medal , OS in Beijing , GR, Hs, behind Aslanbek Chuschtow , Russia a. Mirko Englich , Germany , together with Ässet Mämbetow , Kazakhstan
International battles
- 2005 in Fort Carson , USA against Belarus , GR, Hs, shoulder defeat against Vyacheslav Makarenko ,
- 2005 in Fort Carson, USA B against USA A, GR, Hs, points winner over Justin Ruiz ,
- 2008 in Szombathely , USA against Korea , GR, Hs, shoulder winner over Park Kung-Rak,
- 2008 in Szombathely, USA against Iran , GR, Hs, point defeat against Mohammad Ghorbani ,
- 2008 in Szombathely, USA against Hungary , GR, Hs, point winner over Balasz Kiss
USA championships
- 2004, 5th place, GR, Hs,
- 2005, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
- 2006, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
- 2007, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
- 2008, 3rd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz u. RC Johnson
US-amer. OS and World Cup trials
- 2004, 4th place, GR, Hs,
- 2005, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
- 2006, 4th place, GR, Hs,
- 2007, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
- 2008, 1st place, GR, Hs, in front of Justin Ruiz u. RC Johnson
swell
- The Ringer trade journal from 2000 to 2008
- Website "www.iat.uni-leipzig.de"
- "Themat.com" website
- Adam Wheeler's website
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wheeler, Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lancaster , California |